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capacity
[ kuh-pas-i-tee ]
/ kəˈpæs ɪ ti /
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noun, plural ca·pac·i·ties.
adjective
reaching maximum capacity: a capacity audience; a capacity crowd.
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Origin of capacity
1375–1425; late Middle English capacite<Middle French <Latin capācitāt- (stem of capācitās), equivalent to capāci-, stem of capāx roomy (cap(ere) to hold + -āci- adj. suffix) + -tāt--ty2
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British Dictionary definitions for capacity
capacity
/ (kəˈpæsɪtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
Word Origin for capacity
C15: from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from capāx spacious, from capere to take
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